[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 64105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24568]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Health Level Seven, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 17, 2004, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Health Level Seven, Inc. 
(``HL7'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
name and principal place of business of the standards development 
organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards development 
activities. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking 
the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: Health Level 
Seven, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI. The nature and scope of HL7's standards 
development activities are: To provide a comprehensive framework and 
related standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval 
of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and 
the management, delivery and evaluation of health services. 
Specifically, to create flexible, cost effective standards, guidelines, 
and methodologies to enable healthcare information system 
interoperability and sharing of electronic health records.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-24568 Filed 11-2-04; 8:45 am]
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